'I was in Charlie Company, I was on the front line,' Clow said. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Hal Moore were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley.

In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. 'They were young, they were brave, they fought for each other and they died very valiantly.'

'I want this story to reflect on the men that died there,' Clow said. Clow was there.īut he doesn't want to talk about himself.

Locked in his mind are more pictures of the loyalty and horror of Ia Drang than Hollywood could ever conjure. Meanwhile, down the street in Portsmouth, Daniel Clow is quietly going about his life 37 years after it became clear he would be one of the only members of his company left to do so. At the very least, each person will leave with a better understanding of the hellish four-day battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam. Perhaps they'll walk out of the theater with tears in their eyes, or maybe shaking their heads. Today millions of Americans will watch the film 'We Were Soldiers,' starring Mel Gibson.

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